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Believed to have been taken from Stan Ward’s bed-room window it certainly looks wet and watery – 14th January 1957 – thawing snow left over two feet of water on Brotton Road, Carlin How. Derick Pearson tells us: “I remember this incident well. Just past where the white car, to the right were some bays where the rail wagons seen on the right used to go over the top to tip coal into the bays below. They were of course flooded deeply and we as kids were sat on top of the bay walls watching the waves come in as the cars went by. As we moved I lost my footing and fell into the dirtiest, blackest water you could imagine. Apart from getting a couple of mouthfuls and feeling rather sick before I struggled out I looked like a wet chimney sweep. When I got home which “was just up the street from the garage” I got a hiding off my mother for falling in. I was hoping she would feel sorry for me!”
Details courtesy of Jean Wiggins and many thanks to Derick Pearson for the memories.
Pity that the image is damaged, we continue to hope for a better copy! A United ’G’-type single decker plods valiantly on (it took more than a drop of rain to cancel a service in those days!). Pam Mcvay tell us: “My dad Deryck Jones would be working as a fitter at the depot in Loftus at the time of this photograph.”
Many thanks to Pam Mcvay for that update.
Back row: Charles Ward, Barry Lancaster, Colin Lightfoot, John Ward, Brian Yeoman, ??, Alan Tyreman, Billy Bell, Alan Dale, Peter Lennard, George Hall.
Third row: Carol Shaw, Betty Winspear, Dorothy Butler, Pauline Dack, Sheila Featherstone, Audrey Cornforth, Rae Raistric, Coleen Hutchinson, Ann Carveth, Jean Ferrer.
Second row: Pat Henry, Maureen Brown, Marie Lancaster, Elizabeth Groves, Sheila Magor, Ivy Metcalf, ??, Pauline Cuthbert, Dorothy Webster.
Front row: John Metcalf, David Buddle, Maurice Myers, Derick Smith, James Ward, Geoffrey Lennard.
Thanks to Jean Hugill (nee Ferrer) for all the naming information and for a more positive date for the image.
Sea Scouts, in a photograph taken on the beach at Skinningrove (recognisable by the jetty in the background), but who are they and what date was it, can anyone help? M. H. Wan suggests: “The Sea Scouts are wearing the uniform of pre-World War I era; so this should be a pre-1920 photograph.”
Many thanks to M. H. Wan for the update and possible dating.
Not a very good image but after more than a 100 years what can we expect? It’s lovely to see the women in their ‘Steers’ bonnets, a tradition long gone now, looks as though they have had a good catch. The lady at the front with back to camera; wearing a black bonnet which signifies she is in mourning for a family member.
The fish are being auctioned in this photograph, although it doesn’t look like they have had a very good day fishing. C. W. Barker, writing on behalf of her granddad tells us: ” The auctioneer is near definitely Mr James, possibly a first name to follow.” Following researches the Staithes museum has enabled some of the naming of participants in the auction; Dick Thompson, Isaac Ellis, Tom Frank Harrison, ??, ??, Dick Humphrey, ??, John James (Auctioneer), Jim Turnbull, ??, Willie Cole, Ned Verrill, ? Porritt, ??.
Image courtesy of Olive Bennett and many thanks to C. W. Barker for the update. Especial thanks to Staithes Museum (Emily Scott) for the assistance in naming names.
Stan Ward very well-known not only in Carlin How but the surrounding area too as the painter and decorator, his bride was Eileen Reed and we can see one of the bridesmaids is named but who are the others in the photograph, can anyone out there help?
Image from a collection compiled by Derick Pearson.
Steveanson and Dixon Street in Carlin How held a party in 1945 to celebrate the end of World War II; some of the people present are identified on the image. However Derick Pearson also told us: “Also on the right hand row is Mrs Kitchiner who lived in the bottom house on the left of the street; she had a garden at the side of the tennis courts where she kept hens and ducks; her daughter Ada worked in Ainsley’s shop for years. Mrs Thornton, Hilda Rawlings; as well as Lancasters, Doweys, Hudsons, Tilburns and Robinsons are all in this photograph. The tables were set about about four houses up the street between Steveanson Street and Dixon Street. The School can be seen at the top of the photograph, Carlin How club hall where the dances were held for years was directly behind the photographer.”
Image and notes from a collection compiled by Derick Pearson.
In the last photograph of the series the garage is up and running again.There were five cars in the garage when it burned down, Mr Stonehouse was loaned a shed by SkinningroveWorks so he could carry on his repair business. An architect and a surveyor who were friends of his, encouraged him to rebuild by drawing new plans. Mr Harry Stonehouse is pictured standing outside his new garage. Rebuilding of the garage started in February 1970 by Lindseys Builders, new pumps were added later that year. For many years Harry Stonehouse was ably supported by Marie who started as a petrol pump attendant some 31 years before.As Derick Pearson tells us: “The garage has been part of Carlin How life for nearly 80 years starting with Harry’s father.” Although under different management the garage is still there today.
This series of images courtesy of a collection by Derick Pearson and thanks to Derick for that update.
In December 1969, the garage burned down when a delivery man with paraffin spilt some onto a hot boiler with disastrous results; fortunately Mr Stonehouse’s house next door was not affected. Derick Pearson tells us: “A sad day for Mr Stonehouse and a day I remember well. I wish we could go back to the petrol prices marked on the pumps, the most expensive in today’s money would be about 32 pence per gallon, I think I’ll go and fill up! Amongst those affected by the fire were Jeff and Mike Hudson who assisted in the continuation of the business working from temporary premises on Skinningrove works.
Thanks to Derick for that update.
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